Texas Certificate of Adoption
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Birth Order TypeTexas.gov Order Processing TimeMail-In Order Processing TimeBirth Verifications20-25 days25-30 daysBirth Certificate Correction/AmendmentService Not Available25-30 daysAdoptionsService Not Available25-30 daysAdd/Change/Remove a parentService Not Available25-30 days1 more row
Descendants of a Texas-born adopted person have no specific rights to request and obtain the adopted person's original birth record? or any other identifying information. A court order is required to release the record or information.
The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) must have been involved in your adoption to give you a copy of your records. To learn if DFPS was involved in your adoption, call DFPS at 512-929-6764 or 877-764-7230.
To file a new birth certificate based on an adoption of a child who was born in Texas, applicants must work with their attorney and/or district clerk to submit the following: Completed Certificate of Adoption (VS-160) form, certified by your district clerk's office.
Adoption records are sealed by the court after an adoption has been granted and no identifying information about the biological family can be released without a court order.
For a non-certified copy of your original birth certificate: Fill out a VS 145 ? Adult Adoptee Application for Non-Certified Copy of Original Birth Certificate form and turn it in to get a copy of your original birth certificate.
Adoption records are sealed by the court after an adoption has been granted and no identifying information about the biological family can be released without a court order.
